6 Blogs About Writing Productivity – Resource Roundup Tuesday

by Anne Wayman

[tuesday]Here we are, the middle of 2009 already. Mid year is a great time to take a look at what we’re doing and see how it compares to what we’d like to be doing. Maybe that’s a review of some goals for our writing business, or maybe it’s setting some. In addition to reviewing my goals I’m also in the process of creating what I call a plan for my ideal day and week.

I already know I’ve taken on too much. Creating an ideal week will, I hope, help me sort out what to keep and what to let go of.

Of course, I’m not the only one who has to re-evaluate from time-to-time. What follows is a loose collection of blog posts that address finding out what you really want to do and getting that done.

On Blogging and Brand Dilution– Kristen King talks about how she sorted out too many blogs. Of course, her blogs were just the symptom; her approach would work with almost anything.

Dustin Wax of LifeHack has an article called The Ultimate Writing Productivity Resourcewhich is a fairly extensive list computer based productivity tools. I don’t want all of them, but some of them, like a submission tracker are interesting. There’s also a list of blogs and blog posts for writers. Plan on bookmarking this one and spending some time with it.

How Not To Write – exactly what it says, what to do when you’re not writing. Often fun, funny and helpful

Switching from PC to Mac upped my productivity 50% in the first month. Fees reflect that.

If I schedule/structure too much, it’s counterproductive. I need large swaths of unscheduled time and then I’m REALLY productive. Otherwise, I might as well be working for someone else, and what’s the point.